Sony Leapfrogs Microsoft With PSN Updates

Sony says that in May, releases such as DLC, updates, and add-on content will appear on the PlayStation Store Tuesday instead of Thursday. This move forward puts it at more on a level playing field with competitors Microsoft and Nintendo.

Sony's previous Thursday release date put it at a disadvantage to XBLA since 360 fans would get their DLC, Rock Band songs, etc. on Tuesday or Wednesday (depending on the content), with Sony playing second fiddle later in the week. Starting with the May 4th update, however, Sony fans can now get their DLC, PS3 updates, and other content on time with everyone else. For its part, Nintendo goes on Monday, but that's probably less of a competition with the other platforms, since we don't imagine there is a lot of DLC that cross-pollinates and competes among all three.

Sony's move puts it ahead of Microsoft, and it will be interesting to see if the company responds in any way to grab the semi-exclusive advantage it used to enjoy.

Agreed. I don't see the significance. Some dlc's will sell better on 360, others on PS3, depending on how many people own those particular games on the respective consoles. What day they're sold on has little to nothing to do with it.

That's good, but I wish Sony would have regular distribution times. Sometimes, I don't notice the new content on Thursday until 8 or 9 PM EST, which makes coming home ready to download and play something coming out that day a rather futile endeavor. If they could stick to an earlier time frame on Tuesday, that'd be amazing.

Let's just hope they can do it on a consistent time basis like Microsoft. I like waking up in the morning, turning my 360 on, and seeing what's new. I hated waiting until like 9:30 on a Thursday night for new PS3 content.

This is I think for all the people playing in game tournies around the states I mean you go to it and DLC would be released on the Xbox before you. This gives them what 2 days more to learn all the cheats. However this does not in anyway effect any normal people.

I get that this is news, but to say that it somehow changes the fact that the services are near even beause now it's two days earlier is laughable. Though I will say that it is more convenient that they did this. Now then if they could just move the time from 7pm EST to around noon I'd be good.